Saturday, September 18, 2004
More XLRI Blogs ...
The Spring Of '66
The earliest IIM batchers recount what a management course meant in the 1960s.
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Roy sat for the seven-hour entrance examination in 1963 despite his family insisting that he join the ias, a dream nurtured by most middle-class parents of the time. But he got attracted to IIM after seeing an advertisement stating its association with several US B-schools. Forty years later, he has no regrets. Says Roy: "If I hadn't been there, I would be a different person. I owe everything to IIM-C." After graduating in 1966, he joined the DCM group in Delhi. However, he couldn't adjust to the prevailing corporate culture in family-owned companies and quit in 1969. He then got into academics, joining the Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI) in Jamshedpur as assistant professor, where he stayed till 1980 before joining IIM-C. At 59, and close to retirement, Roy feels he has enough expertise to forward the cause of management education in India.
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Roy sat for the seven-hour entrance examination in 1963 despite his family insisting that he join the ias, a dream nurtured by most middle-class parents of the time. But he got attracted to IIM after seeing an advertisement stating its association with several US B-schools. Forty years later, he has no regrets. Says Roy: "If I hadn't been there, I would be a different person. I owe everything to IIM-C." After graduating in 1966, he joined the DCM group in Delhi. However, he couldn't adjust to the prevailing corporate culture in family-owned companies and quit in 1969. He then got into academics, joining the Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI) in Jamshedpur as assistant professor, where he stayed till 1980 before joining IIM-C. At 59, and close to retirement, Roy feels he has enough expertise to forward the cause of management education in India.
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What do recruiters want, and what do they get? Not the team man, anyway.
Source: TICKET In A Bottle
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The syllabi of several business schools—including the IIMs of Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta, MDI, XLRI, Jamnalal Bajaj and S.P. Jain—were analysed and found wanting. A large part of the study was conducted by talking to recruiters—108 from 80 firms, Indian and mnc. Besides, 334 alumni of the top B-schools, all of whom graduated 2-5 years ago, were included in the survey.
What emerges is that there is a considerable chasm between what recruiters look for and what B-schools provide. Many recruiters complained that graduates were "individualists and often prefer working alone", did not know "how to work with people", were highly competitive but wanted "all credit for themselves". Going by alumni inputs, the critical challenges faced after joining industry are managing superiors, delivering timely results, leading a team, motivating people, managing conflicts etc. Then there are company-specific requirements. For instance, a firm going in for an m&a wants strong cross-cultural as well as change management competencies. These too were found lacking.
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The syllabi of several business schools—including the IIMs of Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta, MDI, XLRI, Jamnalal Bajaj and S.P. Jain—were analysed and found wanting. A large part of the study was conducted by talking to recruiters—108 from 80 firms, Indian and mnc. Besides, 334 alumni of the top B-schools, all of whom graduated 2-5 years ago, were included in the survey.
What emerges is that there is a considerable chasm between what recruiters look for and what B-schools provide. Many recruiters complained that graduates were "individualists and often prefer working alone", did not know "how to work with people", were highly competitive but wanted "all credit for themselves". Going by alumni inputs, the critical challenges faced after joining industry are managing superiors, delivering timely results, leading a team, motivating people, managing conflicts etc. Then there are company-specific requirements. For instance, a firm going in for an m&a wants strong cross-cultural as well as change management competencies. These too were found lacking.
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Why West? India, China have each other
It's already being hailed as a formidable Sino-Indian front in management education. Realising that management education in Asia has made rapid strides in the last few decades and does not rely entirely on Western theories and solutions, the two leading IIMs of Ahmedabad and Bangalore and the Guanghua School of Management under Peking University are coming together to provide a leadership to management education in both South Asia and Asia-Pacific region.
Read the complete story @ http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54626
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That ain't exactly XLRI material - but what the heck, it's about the course of management studies in India, right ?!
Read the complete story @ http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=54626
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That ain't exactly XLRI material - but what the heck, it's about the course of management studies in India, right ?!
XLRI News coverage ...
Speaker from XLRI - Prof. T A S Vijayaraghavan, doctorate in Supply Chain management
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INTERNATIONAL retail gurus to speak at 'Successful Brands ...
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
Retail Technology Forum (RTF) a platform deigned for the retail industry, to promote use of latest technologies for accelerated retail growth, is organising a one day International event 'Successful Brands Successful People,' Emerging Technologies for the CEO on 27th September 2004 at Fairmont Hotel, Dubai.
The event will feature top Retail Gurus of various specialities from across the world. Some of the featured speakers include - Mr. J J. Strub, A retail guru & author from USA, a specialist in manufacturing and enterprise-wide software; Mr. Johan Pellicaan, Managing Director, ProClarity International, Netherlands, a specialist on retail intelligence; Prof. T A S Vijayaraghavan – XLRI, Jamshedpur, India, a doctorate in Supply Chain management; amongst other international &
local speakers.
Complete article @ http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/44947.html
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INTERNATIONAL retail gurus to speak at 'Successful Brands ...
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
Retail Technology Forum (RTF) a platform deigned for the retail industry, to promote use of latest technologies for accelerated retail growth, is organising a one day International event 'Successful Brands Successful People,' Emerging Technologies for the CEO on 27th September 2004 at Fairmont Hotel, Dubai.
The event will feature top Retail Gurus of various specialities from across the world. Some of the featured speakers include - Mr. J J. Strub, A retail guru & author from USA, a specialist in manufacturing and enterprise-wide software; Mr. Johan Pellicaan, Managing Director, ProClarity International, Netherlands, a specialist on retail intelligence; Prof. T A S Vijayaraghavan – XLRI, Jamshedpur, India, a doctorate in Supply Chain management; amongst other international &
local speakers.
Complete article @ http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/44947.html
